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Saucer: The Conquest
Saucer: The Conquest
Saucer: The Conquest
Audiobook (abridged)9 hours

Saucer: The Conquest

Written by Stephen Coonts

Narrated by Eric Conger

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

3.5/5

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About this audiobook

Bestselling author Stephen Coonts took fans by surprise with the phenomenal and heart-pounding tale of Saucer. Now Rip Cantrell and Charley Pine are back for seconds with Saucer: The Conquest.

After discovering the secrets of a 140,000-year-old spacecraft in Saucer, Rip Cantrell and beautiful test pilot Charley Pine think their days of high-flying extraterrestrial adventure are over. But when Pine takes up flying spaceplanes to the moon for the French lunar base project, she discovers that the project director has installed a world-threatening antigravity beam.

The French kidnap Rip's Uncle Egg and force him to fly a saucer, hidden in Area 51, to the moon. Rip and Charley have no choice—to rescue Egg and save the world, they must steal the first saucer from its new home, the National Air and Space Museum, and hit the not-so-friendly skies again.

Stephen Coonts's first Saucer was a smash-hit nationwide. Now the unlikely duo of Rip Cantrell and Charley Pine are back, so strap in and leave your passports behind as the fight for freedom on the new frontier begins.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 1, 2004
ISBN9781593976095
Saucer: The Conquest
Author

Stephen Coonts

As a naval aviator, Stephen Coonts flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. A former attorney and the author of eight New York Times bestselling novels,he resides with his wife and son in Maryland. He maintains a Web site at www.coonts.com.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    When Rip Cantrell, a seismic survey worker in the Sahara, spots a glint of reflected light in the distance, he investigates-and finds a piece of metal apparently entombed in the sandstone. Before long, Rip and his colleagues uncover a flying saucer that has been resting there for 140,000 years. Their discovery doesn't remain a secret for long. The U.S. Air Force sends a UFO investigation team, which arrives just minutes before a team sent by an Australian billionaire to steal the saucer's secrets. Before either side can outwit the other, the Libyan military arrives. Meanwhile, Rip has been checking out the saucer. With the help of a beautiful ex-Air Force test pilot Charley Pine, Rip flies the saucer away, embarking on a fantastic journey into space and around the world, keeping just ahead of those who want the saucer for themselves. I loved this book.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Don't read this as serious sci-fi with scientific explanation and deeply developed characters...it's not that. Light satire makes it a book that's just plain fun. Yes, the characters are a bit flat and credulity gets stretched here and there. The reaction of government to the finding of a flyable flying saucer was spot on--stupid and clumsy--just like always. Couple that with a greedy global zillionaire and a budding romance...you just can't stop listening. Coonts wrote more of Rip Cantrell--I may just have to check them out!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    What would you do if you were lucky enough to find a flying saucer in flying condition and had several armed forces chasing you all over the world for possession of it? Why, buzz a baseball game for the fun of it of course! I found this book to be one absorbing story. Reality would just slip away as I was reading it. The story was written in a serious tone highlighted with humor throughout and a smattering of romance. There was not a whole lot of character development in a deep inner sight sense. The book was like a excellent action flick. Once event leading to the next in a loud beautiful bang... I enjoyed the book so much, that I have put all of Coont's books on my TBR list, he's that good.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Protagonist: Rip Cantrell, a 22-year-old with a prodigious appetite and a remarkably level headSetting: present-day Sahara Desert, Australia and MissouriSeries: #1First Line: Rip Cantrell was holding the stadia rod, trying to blink away the sweat trickling into his eyes, when a bright flash of light caught his eye.Some researchers find an ancient flying saucer in the Sahara desert, the U.S. air force becomes involved, then an Australian multibillionaire takes the craft. The original finder of the saucer, 22-year-old Rip Cantrell,takes offense at this and vows to get the saucer back. It's his. A ½ cup of excitement, a ¼ teaspoon of romance, a ¼ cup of technical lingo and a cup of satire make a fine recipe for a book that's just plain fun. Yes, the characters are a bit flat and credulity gets stretched a mite here and there, but like I said, this book is fun to read. Coonts wrote the further adventures of Rip Cantrell, and I may just have to check them out!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    A find at the Outdoor Castle Bookshop in Hay-on-Wye. Had not been rained on (easy, since there hadn't been any rain for months, basically).A quick read, with an interesting premise (geologists find a UFO buried in sandstone in the Sahara, excavate it and are suddenly surrounded by Air Force, Australians and Lybians. What happens next?)Some weak points in the characterisations and the dialogue is sometimes a bit uneven. But still, an easy and interesting read.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Forgetable fast easy read. an Amazon reviewer summed it up when he said it reads like a juvenile.